Blacks In Wax – Legends and Likeness: The Power of Black History – Millennium Stage (March 18, 2023)

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Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: The Southeast Tennis and Learning Center’s (SETLC) Annual Blacks in Wax living history program is one of the center’s most unique and successful educational programs—one that transfixes children and touches audiences. Created in 2006 by the Recreation Wish List Committee (RWLC), in partnership with the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), this innovative program features SETLC scholars in period costumes posing behind rope, stanchion, and tap lights as “wax statues” of iconic African Americans of the past and present. At the touch of a light, each figure comes to life with a first-person monologue depicting their contributions and place in history. The program also chronicles African American history each year with a new, original stage production.

The 2023 Blacks in Wax marks the 16th year of the program. The theme for this year, Legends and Likeness, will honor and celebrate African American legends who have reached what seems like unattainable heights in their careers and work through activism, science, sports, and entertainment. The scholars will portray the next generation of greats who are reaching to uplift their communities, while celebrating those who have come before them.

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